Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:38:56 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot loader too large Message-ID: <53C06780.8010702@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201407111345.25225.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <CANuCnH9K_wSPkgrAzujDG5M72Uvuvj0ooNN%2BFFLUCFsvv6b7Ow@mail.gmail.com> <CANuCnH_TYf0e_4xgju5QgR4bKJ_j1td9JrfADuncR4RXu7ssnQ@mail.gmail.com> <201407111345.25225.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On 07/11/14 10:45, John Baldwin wrote: > On Friday, July 04, 2014 7:07:20 am Alie Tan wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Alie Tan <alie@afflemedialab.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am getting Boot loader too large message while using >>> FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-i386-20140701-r268111-disc1.iso >>> >>> Is there any way to solve this issue? >>> >> Strange, resizing the freebsd-boot to 128k solved my issue. why default >> slice size making such issue? > Good question. Perhaps Nathan (cc'd) knows? > I don't honestly remember where that number came from. It's at line 72 of usr.sbin/bsdinstall/partedit/partedit_x86.c. If 128 works better, I'm happy to change it, but it would be nice to know what the actual bounds here are before putting in a new arbitrary number. -Nathan
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